Jaffa Gate
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Key facts
- Location
- Old City (Jerusalem)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Part of
- Masjid Al-Aqsa
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Jerusalem
- Location
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Image
- Jaffa Gate Jerusalem.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jaffa Gate
- architectural style
- Islamic architecture
- name in native language
- بَابُ الْخَلِيلِ
- Commons gallery
- Jaffa Gate
- inception
- 1538-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Old City Gates
Jaffa Gate (Hebrew: שער יפו, romanized: Sha'ar Yafo; Arabic: باب الخليل, romanized: Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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